Omoiizuru nasake o hito no onajiku wa sono ori tou na ureshikaramashi

思ひ出づる情けを人の同じくは
その折訪へな嬉しからまし

Roma-ji: Omoiizuru nasake o hito no onajiku wa sono ori tou na ureshikaramashi
English Translation: The kindness you show
in remembering me now,
if all is the same,
you should have called at that time;
how glad I would have been then.
Meaning: If you were going to show me such kindness by remembering me, I wish you had come at the time of my grief; how glad I would have been.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 789

Headnote: "Someone who had lost his mother was living shut away in a mountain village, and when, after some time, another person remembered him and came to call, I wrote this on his behalf"
When someone who had lost his mother was living in seclusion in a mountain village, another person came to call some time later, as though only just remembering, and Saigyō composed this in place of the mourner. If you were going to show such kindness in remembering me, I wish you had come at the time of my grief; how glad I would have been, he writes, a reply holding reproach at the late visit.

First line, “omoiizuru”: remembering, taking up 'after some time, remembering' in the headnote.
Second line, “nasake o hito no”: someone's kindness, the heart that brought the visit.
Third line, “onajiku wa”: if all is the same.
Fourth line, “sono ori tou na”: you should have called at that time of grief.
Fifth line, “ureshikaramashi”: mashi is counterfactual, how glad I would have been.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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